In the book, Carmer recounted the time he spent traveling throughout the state. He wrote about the people, places, and events he witnessed, such as a Ku Klux Klan rally and interactions with ordinary Alabama men and women.
One example of the book's prose was this description of a Sacred Harp singing:
The church was full now. People stood along the walls and the doorway was packed. Crowds were huddled outside each window singing lustily...there were surely more than two thousand people...Hard blows of sound beat upon the walls and rafters with inexorable regularity. All in a moment the constant beat took hold. There was a swift crescendo. Muscles were tensing, eyes brightening.[3]
Carmer also wrote about the myths, legends, and local superstitions of what he called "Conjure Country" (which was his nickname for southeast Alabama).
First published in 1934, Stars Fell on Alabama hit the bestseller lists and established Carmer's reputation. Literary critic R. L. Duffus of The New York Times praised the book and said Carmer had a gift for "extracting from what he sees, hears and feels an essence which is fundamentally poetic."[1] The book has been subsequently republished a number of times, most recently in 2000 with a new introduction by Howell Raines.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
The problems we had in Engelhard could have stemmed from this book and our connections to the North during the Civil War…
This connects Albion ~ Britain…
http://kayfgibbsstayingalive.blogspot.com/search?q=albion
Carl Carmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When he was five his father became principal of Albion High School in Albion, New York,
Maybe why Kay ended up in Alabama…
Stars Fell on Alabama, was an autobiographical story of the time he spent living in Alabama. He was considered one of America's most popular writers during the 1940s and 1950s.
The number 8 has been significant to me, 666 has come up alot…
The Octagon built in 1834 is a historic octagonal building located at 888 Main Street on Roosevelt Island in New York City. It originally served as the main entrance to the New York City Lunatic Asylum which opened in 1841. Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, the five-story rotunda was made of blue-gray stone that was quarried on the island. It is the last remnant of the hospital and after many years of decay and two fires was close to ruin.
The Octagon (Roosevelt Island, New York) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fr. Bernard Nunes, O.C.D., on the Bayside apparitions…
Fr. Bernard Nunes, O.C.D., on the Bayside apparitions
Veronica in ecstasy sees four angels coming down upon the earth. The first angel has a "V" shaped banner that turns out to be "something with great cosmic force—a TORNADO," and thunders: "Waves, great waves will rise high above your land: waters to carry and to cleanse." The second angel carries a sword, and on a band across his chest is written: DIVISION—father against son,—mother against daughter—sister against brother: divisions in the homes. The third angel has HUNGER written on the band across his breast, and holding a balance, says: "Denarius, Denarius, a measure for the wheat: what will you give for your bread?" Lastly, Veronica sees tremendous waves washing the shores of Europe and portions of England breaking away and falling into the sea, and she hears voices crying: "War! war! war!"
Fr. Bernard Nunes, O.C.D., on the Bayside apparitions
Fr. Bernard Nunes, O.C.D., on the Bayside apparitions
3. Why Bayside in New York has been Chosen
Chiefly because: New York being a centre of evil—murder of the unborn—has also to be a centre of reparation. Moreover, if it has great influence for evil, it has also great influence for good. The people of the country, too, are very courageous:
"We have chosen the sacred grounds—in New York—with purpose: New York has become a centre of evil, like cancer spreading its evil all over; like an octopus, spreading its tentacles throughout the world. This is Babylon the Great, the harlot among the nations, that has led many astray. Now, My child, I tell you one major reason why the Father sent Me to choose this site as a centre of reparation: it is because of the murder of the young. The murder of the unborn promoted in your city of evil has been watched by the Father with great anger! The unjust in your city and state will be dealt with severely!"
"Your country has lost the knowledge of the Father. Sin within your country is truly an abominable way of life. Your children are walking the road to perdition. The murders in your city have not ceased. The murders of the unborn must cease now, for your city will fall. Woe to those who have the responsibility of nourishing the soul and set them unto the road to perdition. Better that they had died in their mother's womb."
"Your city, your nation, has great influence throughout the world: Discipline must be restored. Your example will be followed by many. We expect to retrieve from your efforts many souls that would otherwise have been lost to Us. This has been the centre set up by the Father for the repatriation of sinners. We have chosen to give this Message through you, My child and My children in the United States, for we find there is much courage in the hearts of your countrymen."
4. Warnings and Chastisements
As the sins of man have multiplied beyond measure, the world will be cleansed gradually by great trials and sufferings. There will be domestic divisions, famine, plague, diseases, disasters and upheavals in nature: these are warnings to alert mankind to penance. Russia will be the scourge of the world, causing destruction and enslavement:
"There will be many warnings before the Chastisement (great Chastisement). Already the punishments have started. Man shall lose all regard for human life and charity, because he has given himself to satan and the pleasures of the flesh. We do not intend to destroy the world completely (by the Great Chastisement), but We shall cleanse it by steps. The sins of man have multiplied beyond expectancy. There will be placed upon your world great trials. It is the plan of the Father that the cleansing begin. In the past many warnings have been given you, but they have not been recognized as coming from the Eternal Father. Now there will be cataclysms such as have never been seen upon your earth. Grievous trials are now starting for mankind."
I know a Nancy Christenson…
David Christenson, distinguished classical scholar, grew up in Lowell (1960–74)
Kay floating face down in the lake…
…she must have tried for the part in Lady in the Lake or Woman in the Lake…I did end up in the lake floating face down after a bottle of Boones Farm. I remember only parts of this film so I don’t think I actually saw it but someone else did and I just remember what they were seeing. It’s like me thinking I had read The Bell Jar but I never did.
“I’d like to have a bookstore”…
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I have been having a real problem with coffee lately…updated
…I’ve had this book for at least 7 years but failed to take the time to sit and read it, I’ve basically flipped through its pages finding snippets of information. Tonight I started reading the chapter on Guilt as Social Drama. While reading page 166 I was reminded of the film Night Stalker in which Stanwyck’s character is being pursued by a stranger and after falling asleep in the back of a salon she owns, she has an encounter we are lead to think is a dream state and the camera focuses on the clock beside her bed which says 12:00AM. She awakens to find herself as she was when she went to sleep and thinks she was dreaming. She gets up and has a cup of coffee. I happened to notice the time when I when I went online to find the film clip and it said it was 12:08AM. I made several pictures and two videos before finally getting the one I was satisfied with below at 12:17 AM. The point is not the clock but what I think is some guilt associated with coffee. I have been keen on looking for coffee that is low in acidity. Immediately this film came to mind and on previous pages in this chapter I recognize issues addressed in the film Losing Chase - “what’s this up and down”.
The time is truly significant in that is does lend proof we are subject to that which we put into our brains and minds and confirms my documentation of having been exposed to The Brain that Wouldn’t Die film as an infant. This is clearly dangerous thinking as the brain can be damaged and I did do damage to my brain with alcohol and other substances which can harm the brain.
I also noticed I had been writing like this author Burke but care little for his style. In Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground one also finds the mental suggestion that one’s liver is diseased. I have also been consuming more than the casual coke which contains high fructose corn syrup and is said to affect the liver, while my brother in law is mixing a good amount of liquor in his coke. In the 9th chapter authored by Roger W. Smith, he states, “the citizen in modern Society, laboring according to Freud, under a heavy burden of unconscious guilt, does not recognize it; he only feels a sort of uneasiness of discontent for which other motivations are sought”. This is clearly the situation in my case and is true for the average citizen today. He is often unconscious or loses consciousness of that which is driving his behavior.
I have been having a real problem with coffee lately…
…I’ve had this book for at least 7 years but failed to take the time to sit and read it, I’ve basically flipped through its pages finding snippets of information. Tonight I started reading the chapter on Guilt as Social Drama. While reading page 166 I was reminded of the film Night Stalker in which Stanwick’s character is being pursued by a stranger and after falling asleep in the back of a salon she owns, she has an encounter we are lead to think is a dream state and the camera focuses on the clock beside her bed which says 12:00AM. She awakens to find herself as she was when she went to sleep and thinks she was dreaming. She gets up and has a cup of coffee. I happened to notice the time when I when I went online to find the film clip and it said it was 12:08AM. The point is not the clock but what I think is some guilt associated with coffee. Immediately this film came to mind and on previous pages in this chapter I recognize issues addressed in the film Losing Chase - “what’s this up and down”.
I also noticed I had been writing like this author Burke but care little for his style. In Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground one also finds the mental suggestion that one’s liver is diseased. I have also been consuming more than the casual coke which contains high fructose corn syrup and is said to affect the liver, while my brother in law is mixing a good amount of liquor in his coke. In the 9th chapter authored by Roger W. Smith, he states, “the citizen in modern Society, laboring according to Freud, under a heavy burden of unconscious guilt, does not recognize it; he only feels a sort of uneasiness of discontent for which other motivations are sought”. This is clearly the situation in my case and is true for the average citizen today. He is often unconscious or loses consciousness of that which is driving his behavior.
Monday, June 24, 2013
They will if they don’t want those viruses passed on via email, etc…
Of course, Microsoft could simply validate all existing keys and let anyone that wants to use XP use it. There’s no precedent for this because XP was the first Microsoft OS that required activation. We may just have to wait and see.
How Windows XP end of life will affect your desktop applications
Had a vision early this AM…
I was on a boat with a woman. We were dropping anchor. She grabbed the anchor and jumped into the water tossing the anchor off to her right, just as I jumped into the water. I could see her swimming with her head under the water and kicking her feet, swimming toward me. I saw an object in the water near where the anchor went in, I couldn’t tell what it was. The water was clear as glass it seemed.
